inventiveness

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noun

The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

“Near-synonyms: resourcefulness, creativity, imagination”

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inventivityresourcefulnesscreativityimaginationingeniousnessingenuitycleverness
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Meanings

nouninventiveness (countable and uncountable, plural inventivenesses)

plural inventivenesses

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

    Near-synonyms: resourcefulness, creativity, imagination

    1 more example

    For as was the land, such was the art of it while folk yet troubled themselves about such things; it strove little to impress people either by pomp or ingenuity: not unseldom it fell into commonplace, rarely it rose into majesty; yet was it never oppressive, never a slave’s nightmare or an insolent boast: and at its best it had an inventiveness, an individuality, that grander styles have never overpassed: […]

    [1878], William Morris, The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress […], London: Ellis and White, […], →OCLC, page 21

    Synonyms: inventivity, resourcefulness, creativity, imagination

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

Similar
inventivityresourcefulnesscreativityimagination

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe power of creative imagination

Similar
ingeniousnessingenuitycleverness
Broader
creativitycreativenesscreative thinking
Also see
clevernessimaginationingeniousnessingenuityinventivity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From inventive + -ness.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἐπίνοια
  • ἐπίνοια (epínoia)quality of being inventive
Czech vynalézavost
  • vynalézavostquality of being inventive
Dutch vindingrijkheid
  • vindingrijkheidquality of being inventive
Finnish kekseliäisyys
  • kekseliäisyysquality of being inventive
French inventivité
  • inventivitéquality of being inventive
German Einfallsreichtum, Erfindungsreichtum
  • Einfallsreichtumquality of being inventive
  • Erfindungsreichtumquality of being inventive
  • Erfindungsgabequality of being inventive
Greek εφευρετικότητα
  • εφευρετικότητα (efevretikótita)quality of being inventive
Italian inventiva, ingegno
  • inventivaquality of being inventive
  • ingegnoquality of being inventive
  • creativitàquality of being inventive
Norwegian Bokmål oppfinnsomhet
  • oppfinnsomhetquality of being inventive
Polish pomysłowość, wynalazczość
  • pomysłowośćquality of being inventive
  • wynalazczośćquality of being inventive
Romanian inventivitate
  • inventivitatequality of being inventive
Russian изобрета́тельность
  • изобрета́тельность (izobretátelʹnostʹ)quality of being inventive
Spanish inventiva, ingenio
  • inventivaquality of being inventive
  • ingenioquality of being inventive
  • creatividadquality of being inventive
Swedish uppfinningsrikedom
  • uppfinningsrikedomquality of being inventive
Cite this entry
APA

inventiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inventiveness

MLA

“inventiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inventiveness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inventiveness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inventiveness.

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